Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1886 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Mrs. R, H. Purcupjje is visiting in Chicago this week. For the best warranted boots and shoes call at N. Fendig’s. Commissioners’ court begins the first Monday in December. The post-office will be open on Thanksgiving day only from 8 to 9 a. m., and from 4 to & p. m. Dr. Bitters’ young infant was very dangerously sick Tuesday forenoon, but is now much better. In the morning by the bright light Call at Hemphill & Honans and buy, your children Shoes and Underwear. Mr. Armstrong bought stock for his new cigar factory, in Chicago, Tuesday, and will begin operations to-day. * The Pureupile restaurant has again changed; hands, and is now the property of George Antrim, who took charge of it yesterday.

Father George Havens returned from his sojourn in the West, last Friday night, some months sooner than he anticipated when he went away. Frank Siddall, the soap man, says: “I have confined my advertising entirely to newspapers. The man who does not read a newspaper doeß not use soap.” The remains of Qapt. Charles Scott, whose death in Colorado we mentioned last week, were taken to Oxford for burial. Later reports state that the cause of his death was Bright’s disease. Union Thanksgiving services will be heldv at the Presbyterian church next Thursday, at 10:30 a. m. No regular sermon will be preached, but short addresses be made by all the ministers present. Clias. Scribner’s Sons, of New York,’the foirner owners of Scribner’s Magazine, afterwards changed to the Century, are just starting a new monthly to bear the old name, Scribner’s Magazine. It is to be a three dollar monthly. Our friend Joseph Tanner and his good wife came in from Walker tp. last Tuesday. They report that the iron on the new roadwif laid about to Wheatfield. The proposed station at Hogan’s school house is about a mile west of their place.

Messrs. McCoy, Meyer and Watson returned from their hunting trip to Beaver Lake last Thursday their stay having been cut short by a telegram from Crawtordsville to the effect that Mr. Watson was needed there. The boys had some pretty fair shooting, we understand. That noble and most deervings enterprise, the building of a good library in the public school, is making good progress. The number of volumes now in the library numbers more than 150. The last important addition to the library is a Rolfe’s edition of Shakespear’s works —a very superior edition in 36 volumes. The boundary lines of the new conference district named the Valparaiso district, in which the most -of-Jasper county is included, are as follows: Beginning at Michigan City, which place however is left in the LaPorte district, the line follows the. main line of the L. N. A. & C. railroad to Reynolds and includes all towns through which it passes. Then westward along the P. C. & St. L. road to the state line, which, of course is the western boundary of the dis- | T> Atw ; in iiirtlw/lnrl the new district, but Goodland and Kentland are left with the Lafayette district. Mcnticello and Burnetteville, however, are attached to the new district.

; Wm Essen is putting up a large and excellent barn in, Jordan tp. Hemphill & Honan. Gloves, Mitts and tyndorwear. A full line of hats and caps at N. Fendig’s. Fur caps a specialty. Elder, Dwiggins attended the Conference of the Chureh of God, at Argus, last Sunday. N. Fendig has a full line of clothing and gents furnishing goods which will be sold at nearly cost to make room for newSctock. Say darkies did you see my Marsey? Wid a mustache on his face. He bought sum rubber Boots at Hemphill & Honan’s; and I guess he guine to win a race. To Bent. —Five rooms of my house, corner "Washington and Weston streets; or will sell the entire property. 2t. Mrs. C. Crockett. Clerk Irwin moved his offioe into the new room, in the new building in the-rear of the court house last Saturday. It is a most pleasant room for a clerk’s office. Lumber, Wood and Coal.—ls you want a good article at a reasonable price, give mo a call. I believe I can please you. K. P. Benjamin. Mr. Michael Schneider, of Cleveland, Ohio, is visiting his friends in this vicinity, and will remain until next Monday. He wishes us to say to any persons who may wish to see him on business, that he will be in town, next Saturday.

__ r ~ ~ . ... - -• ■ • ~ • • , All persons knowing themselves indebted to N. Fendig will please call and settle at once and save costs as the books will be placed in the hands of a collector on Dec. Ist. N. Fendig. t 0 ■ D. M. Nelson, the county superintendent, has been working like a Trojan since the schools opened this fall. Up to last Saturday night he had visited forty schools and attended four township institutes.

George F. Bass, of Indianapolis, the Mark Twain and Bob Burdette of Indiana, combined, will deliver his famous Tecture, entitled “Humor and Humorists” in the Opera House, next Thursday evening, Nov. 25th, under the auspices of the Ladies’Literary Society. ' • ' • ,• Bills for a public sale have been printed at this office for C. W. Aldrich to take place at his residence 3 miles north and 1 mile west of Remington, on the Bidwell farm, Tuesday ,Nov. 23. A considerable quantity of live stock, goods, implements and the lease of the premises for one year, will be sold on favorable terms. Judging t from present prospects the January term of court will be a busy one. A large amount of criminal business is already on hand, including two cases of felony; and eleven new civil cases have been begun since last term and one ditch case* The petition for a ditch is by W. W. Hinshaw, of Kankakee tp., and is the first ditch petioned for in this county under the new r ditch law. The number of men of advanced age living in Rensselaer and vicinity is remarkably large, for a western town. Which fact was impressed upon us by our late attempt to give the names and politics of all the very old men who voted in Rensselaer on Nov. 2nd. To the long list first published we have already added two names at first overlooked, and we now can still further extend the list by adding the name of Uncle Isaac Barkley, who lives near the depot. He is 75 years old, and for 54 years has voted the Whig and Republican ticket*, > • —*■* >-.■ 1 —~~V* ' V~v~ r'‘~ r

Horaoe Peacock is now acting in the capacity of night watch. Ask for the Whitney boots and shoes at N, Fendig’s. Hemphill & Honan. Boots and Shoes.

Mrs. C. G. Weathers is repoverfrom a severe and dangerous attack of the pleurisy. Mrs. Duck, mother of Mrs. E. Kannal, returned to her home at Salem, Ohio, last week. Shoe fly don’t bodder me; Kase we guine down to Marse Hemphill & Honan’s and buy sum Boots and Shoes. W. S. Baldwin has been succeeded by E. O. McCormick as Gen. Passenger Agent of the Monon route. The town Board of Remington has decided to have a paid fire department's a volunteer company could not be depended upon, nor secured. The new lodge of the Sons of Veterans at their, meeting, Tuesday evening, voted to name the odge after Judge Hammond. The lodge now numbers 26 members. The teachers of Marion tp. held their first institute for the season, at the school house in Rensselaer, last Saturday afternoon. It was well attended, interesting and profitable. Rev. Dr. Smith, D. D., presiding elder, of the new Valparaiso district, attended quarterly conference at Rensselaer over Sunday, and preached in the M. E. church Sunday, morning and evening. Rev. Peter Hinds went over to lift. Ayr, yesterday afternoon, to preach a funeral sermon for a little son of Edward Putnam, whose death vyas caused by spilling upon himself the boiling contents of a coffee pot.

J. A. Anderson, the cigar maker, and his assistant, Mr. Armstrong, had a little racket Saturday night, at which considerable strong language was indulged in, and as a result, the latter was fined one dollar and costs for provoke, by Judge Pnrcupile, “Since last reported the clerk has fbllbwing niarriggerii* cences. j Joseph Brown, ( Mary Fay. j Simon T. Sprigg, { Clara A- Comer. j Joseph J. Puts. ( Anna Mainbroek. A Big Change.—-A new time table went into effect on the Monon last Sunday, and in regard to one train the change is very decided. The regular day passenger which previous to this last change passed Rensselaer going south, at 9:21 a. m., and going North jat 5-36 p. m., has swapped ends, so to speak, and now goes North in the morning and South in the evening. Its time of passing Rensselaer, northward, is 8:46 a. m., and southward is 7:54 p. m. It starts from Crawfordsville in the morning and returns to that place in the evening. Going in, it is called the Chicago Accommodation and coming out it is called the Crawfordsville Accommodation. It carries express matter but no mail. It will be a great convenience to own people in many ways. The times of the fast mail train and the night trains Lave not been very greatly changed. - The fast mail train now goes south at 11:27 a. m. or seven minutes later; and north at 4:01 p. m., thesamgas before. It now carries the express as well as the mail. Celluloid Collars and Cuffs at Ellis & Murray’s. Country people who want school books will find bargains at the post-office.

Judge Ward is holding court in Fowler this weefc. Hemphill & Honan. Millinery and fancy goods. Next Thursday, Nov. 2fith, is Thanksgiving day. Hemphill & Honan, Hats, Capß and Fur Goods. John H. Jessen, agent of the New England Life Ins. Co., now has his office with Dr. I. B. Washburn, over Meyer’s drug store. Mrs. W. H. Porter became very bad again with the inflammatory rheumatism, last Friday, but is now somewhat better. The L. L. Society will meet next Saturday as usual. Members are all cordially invited to be present. M. W. Babcock, Secy. Ole Noah once he built de Ark, Dars one mo ribber for to cross, Wid Hemphill $ Honan s Boots and Shoes, Dars one mo ribber for to cross. Rev. Peter Hinds has wisely concluded to remain in Jasper county and with that end in view he has bought 160 acres in Milroy tp., and will at once proceed to build a house thereon. Births.—Tp the wife of Fred Cord, Rensselaer, a daughter, Nov. 7th. To the wife of Philip Seibel, we§t ot town, Nov. 11th, a son, and the 10th child.

The prospectuses of those two most excellent and deservedly popular publications, the Century Magazine and the St. Nicholas, appear in this issue of The Republican. • >■ Russell Armstrong, lately connected with J. A. Anderson, in the cigar manufacturing business, has concluded to start a factory of his own. It will be located in the rear room over Ellis & Murray’s store.

Jacob J. Wesner, of Wheatfield, andWmL. Pattee, of Fair Oaks, give notice of intention to apply for a saloon license at the Pecember term of the Commissioners’ court. Peter Hoffman will also apply for a license for a saloon at the new town in Walkentownship, at Hogatfs school house, bn the new railroad. * A disease of cattle called Pluro Pluermonia, has broken out to an alarming extent in Clinton and Jasper counties.-Afono?i Dispatch. “Pluro Pluermonia” is a pretty wild guess at Pleuro-pneumonia, but Bro. Wright can comfort himself with the reflection that he came nearer to the name than Jasper —county .cattle have to the disease. Pr. Sam Ritchey, who has been the leader of the Greenback party of Jasper county for many years, is of the opinion that, as a distinct organization, that party will never nominate another ticket. He thinks that before another election that all the “side issues” in politics will be combined into one great party, or at least all of the small parties with the possible exception of the prohibitionists, he being in much doubt whether they and the labor party can exactly hitch.

There are probably but few towns of the size of Rensselaer and countries surrounding which have made more substantial progress in this year of depression than has this town. Much building has been done in the town itself, while the surrounding country, in every direction has witnessed the erection of many new and spacious dwelling houses and fine barns and outbuildings. All fee town carpenters and builders have found constant work, at fair wages; and even this late in the season it is difficult to find one who is out of a job.